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Black Book
“To fight the enemy, she must become one of them.”
7.5 / 10• 2006• 2h 25m•R• Dutch
DramaThrillerWar
Storyline
Israel, 1956: Jewish teacher Rachel Stein rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz. It brings back memories of her experiences in the Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. In September 1944, Rachel's hiding place is bombed by Allied troops; she makes contact with a resistance member and joins a group of Jews to be smuggled across the Biesbosch to the freed South Netherlands. Only Rachel escapes a massacre by patrol Germans, and is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers, whose son is captured trying to smuggle weapons. Kuipers asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmführer Ludwig Müntze, a mission that she will soon learn that the boat attack wasn't a coincidence.
Cast & Crew
Carice van Houten
Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
Lead
Sebastian Koch
Ludwig Müntze
Thom Hoffman
Hans Akkermans
Halina Reijn
Ronnie
Waldemar Kobus
Günther Franken
Matthias Schoenaerts
Joop
Derek de Lint
Gerben Kuipers
Christian Berkel
General Käutner
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Paul Verhoeven's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Black Book is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
